The Cyclops (1957)

Director
Bert I. Gordon

Main cast
James Craig; Gloria Talbott; Lon Chaney Jr.; Tom Drake; Duncan 'Dean' Parkin

Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico; however, while searching they uncover a monster in the jungle who became this way due to a dose of radioactivity.


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